In the latest example of entitlement culture run amok, a plus-size influencer is demanding that McLaren redesign its high-performance sports cars—not to improve speed, safety, or aerodynamics, but to accommodate her size.
Gracie Bon, a 27-year-old Panamanian social media star known for promoting “body positivity” to her 10 million Instagram followers, recently shared a video struggling to fit into a McLaren supercar. Despite managing to sit down, Bon was unable to fully close the car’s winged door because her 55-inch backside overflowed the seat. Her response? Instead of considering a more practical vehicle choice, she called on McLaren to redesign their cars to accommodate her body.
“@mclaren please just make the seats bigger,” she wrote, as if the luxury automaker—known for producing some of the fastest and most precisely engineered sports cars in the world—should bend to her personal preferences.
Not surprisingly, social media users weren’t buying it.
“That poor car!! That’s AutoAbuse!” one user quipped, while another pointed out the obvious: “If you want space in a car, get a bigger car like a G-Wagon, not a sports car.” Others questioned Bon’s attitude, with one commenter stating, “You always say ‘everything needs to be bigger’—the world does not revolve around you.”
This isn’t the first time Bon has made headlines for demanding that the world conform to her personal needs. In February, she complained about her experience at Disneyland, where she requires two seats on amusement park rides. According to Bon, park guests were “shocked” by her size, and some even took videos of her struggling to fit into rides.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes. People were shocked to see my body, like hello, this is America,” Bon ranted. “Almost 40% of people here are plus-size, so why were they acting like I was some rare creature?”
Rather than considering personal responsibility or practical choices, Bon has made a habit of shifting blame. She has also criticized airlines for making seats “too small” for plus-size travelers—despite the well-documented fact that airlines have limited space for all passengers. But unlike most people, who adapt to reality, Bon found a personal solution last year by purchasing her own private jet.
Of course, she’s free to spend her money however she pleases, but her latest demand that a world-class automaker alter its carefully engineered designs to accommodate her lifestyle is a perfect example of modern entitlement. Instead of adapting to the world, people like Bon expect the world to adapt to them—no matter how unrealistic the demand.
McLaren, a company that prioritizes precision engineering, speed, and performance, has not responded to Bon’s request. And given the overwhelmingly critical reaction online, it’s safe to say most people don’t think they should.
